you must be one of those detached retards that operates on pure emotion as opposed to any sort of reason, huh? there is a science to wildlife conservation which you whiny little twats always seem to overlook. which isn't surprising when you consider the fact that you base your opinions 100% on your fragile little feelings, as opposed to putting any thought into what you're squawking about. this animal was taken legally, it was taken in an entirely legal manner, and it was approaching the end of it's life expectancy.
while the average bleeding heart dipshit sees this as the senseless slaughter of a majestic old creature, and would love nothing more than to shit all over what happened, the truth of the matter is much different.
a force of trained conservationists, ecologists, and biologists who work full-time monitoring the local populations, sat down, and decide what appropriate population levels need to be maintained in the best interest of maintaining a stable ecosystem. it is their job to protect both human and wild life, by balancing the populations in the area. in order to do so they decide if and when to issue licenses to hunt the animals, and how many tags to issue in order to bring the populations back into balance. these people are paid to base the decisions on years of knowledge and spend years training to make these decisions.
along comes a recreational hunter, who legally buys a tag and sets out on a completely legal and sanctioned hunt which is in the best interest of the local human and wildlife populations. they go out and kill a fully aged, and beyond it's prime specimen. not only has she legally filled her tag, she has performed a service in the name of conservation (ignore the obvious fucking fact, go ahead), as well as enjoyed herself in the process by engaging in an act that is as old and natural as mankind itself. she took the perfect specimen to take, an over the hill male, as opposed to a healthy breeding aged specimen. it was gonna die soon enough anyhow. (oh, ignore that too)
now this is the part that really fucking agitates me about you uneducated fuckwits and your nancy-boy opinions on hunting. 99% of you do FUCKING NOTHING to contribute to real conservation efforts AT ALL. you just sit and fucking whine and cry about how wrong hunting is while guess who is out there volunteering their time, land, dollars, and efforts towards the conservation of wildlife. the evil fucking hunters! we're the ones out rebuilding wetlands, working to protect habitat, donating to the ducks unlimited, bucks for wildlife, or any other number of charitable organization dedicated to actually doing something. so while you're dropping a quarter in some safe a fucking panda can at walmart, the people you're bitching about are actually out doing something in your community.
i'd venture to bet you were city born and raised, know next to fucking nothing about the actual issues threatening the wildlife you're oh so fucking in love with, have dick all for experience working with animals or wildlife, and could barely identify half the wildlife that lives in your area. why would you know these things though? you're born of a place completely void of wildlife, born in a center that's existence itself wiped out the wild population that once inhabited that land. you make me fucking sick.
i like killing shit...
/end rant